INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Chinese Peppa Pig fans wish to meet QueenBy Kerry Allen Patrick EvansTheIndianSubcontinentImage copyright@bella_juan mao TouImage caption
These sisters say their dream is to meet the Queen at Buckingham Palace
Thousands of users on the Chinese
social media platform Sina Weibo are discussing a video message sent from the British Ambassador to two little girls.Dame Barbara Woodward,
the British ambassador to China, has said she wants to help make their dream come true.You might also like:It comes after the girls Mi Ni
and Mi Ai made a video on 31 December sharing their new year's wishes
They said that after watching an episode of Peppa Pig where the animals visit the Queen that they too now wanted to meet her
The girls added that their mother said she would take them to meet the Queen if they worked hard and practised piano
The video, posted by their mother on Sina Weibo copying in the British Embassy, has since racked up millions of views
About 3.2 million have watched it via China Daily alone
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Dame Barbara Woodward, British Ambassador to China
Dame Barbara has now replied to the girls with her own video message
"I want to see what I can do to help make your dream come true," she says in the video after thanking them for their message."But first I
would like you to come and visit me in my house in Beijing," she continues, "and we can perhaps have tea and scones in the British
style."Image copyrightAlamyImage caption
Peppa Pig is a popular cartoon in China
Posh PeppaMany Weibo
users have had their heart warmed by both the girls' and ambassador's videos."In the children's minds, this was probably just a dream, but
for someone to be willing to help her, that's really good," wrote one user
"I am full of affection for those who help defend a child's dreams," said another comment praising the ambassador
But not everyone was so happy
One user questioned if Peppa Pig was "secretly instilling the children with an aristocratic consciousness"
"This is the unified plan of capitalist countries," posted another
